The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
LIFE BEHIND THE BARS.
HOW THE INMATES OF THE JAIL
SPEND THEIR TIME.

Cassidy Afflicted With the Shakes ="
but Still Stubborn-His Advice to
His Fellow Prisoners Pierrat Keeps
Up His Spirits by Smoking Cigarettes.
The near approach of the opening of court
makes the inmates of the county Jail a
little uneasy. They have been resting
quietly all summer, seemingly careless of
what was in store for them and not at all
concerned by the charges under which they
lay, but they are counting days now, and
the days seem to them TO pass rapidly.
Tom Cassidy and negro named John
Green are the only ones awaiting trial Tor
murder Green has not been in long, but
Cassidy is feeling the effects of his jail life.
He has had ohills and fever for several days
past, and his face looks pinched lie eats
his meals regularly and seems in good
spirits, but he is not as lively as he was
when he went in He is not 80 ready TO
turn loose with his choice selection of oaths
as he was but he is hostile to the law, ana
several times lately he has given his prison
mates advice about their cases.
Simmons, the house-breaEer made par
tial confession before he was locked up, but
when an effort was made TO get more from
him he refused to talk. He said Cassidy
had advised him that he would be much
worse off if he confessed than if he made
the State prove every charge against nllh
DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CONFESSIONS.
Cassidy does not believe in confessions. He
thinks that when the State accuses man
il should prove its charges true without the
aid of the accused, and he thinks a prisoner
is foolish not to put every stumbling block
possible in the way of the State. Cassidy
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one He walks up and down the corridor
when he is out OF his cell. and keeps his
thoughts to himself generally, but now and
then he enters into a conversation, but shuts
up quickly if any one reverts TO his own
case
Tom Fogarty is somewhat lonesome now.
When he was in before he had some of his
friends in with him, but now the inmates
are all strangers, so Tom remains by himself.
He is very glum and has not many good
words to say to or for any one. Fogarty
and Fred Wright are awaiting the action OF
the Supreme Court, and Fogartys case Is
No 10 on the Supreme Court docket.
HOW PIERRAT SPENDS HIS DAYS.
The most interesting character in the Jail
is Robert Pierrat, the French drummer who
sold so many copies of the Universal Gal
erv to people who were dead or in other
cities, but be got his commissions on them
.lllSJ ItlS SdIilt TIC upluH ulIilotAl dbOf0 us
fellow prisoners, and seeks no association
with them. Now and then he deigns word
or two with one of the white prisoners, but
to the negroes, he will not speak. He is
very fond of standing by one of the win
dows and looking out on the street at people
passing by. Being Frenchman. he, of
course, smokes cigarettes, and he always
blows the smoke ont through the bars, and
watches it until it disappears from sight.
He seems to envy its liberty, and no doubt
he wished that his troubles could dissolve
as does the smoke
The negroes huddle together as soon as
they are released from their cells, and they
do not seem to object to prison life at all,
but the white men are distant to each other
because they are strangers, and their lone
someness makes their prison life burden,
but before long the iron doors will be thrown
open, and they will be permitted to enjoy
the free and fragrant air of the Superior
Court room.